NORTH BERWICK, Maine — The MSAD60 Board of Directors will be holding a meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at Noble High School to discuss program elimination and teacher termination, according to the agenda posted on the MSAD60 website.

After a recent announcement the district was over budget by $578,000, 22 school staffers will be losing their jobs.

Additional measures to help the budget shortfall consisted of cuts to the Excel program for kindergarten through eighth grade, and the elimination of the elementary school band.

At a Feb. 21 Board of Directors meeting, community members spoke in regards to the district losses. Superintendent Steven Connolly who joined the district in December, opened the Feb. 21 meeting explaining how seriously this budget crisis is being taken.

“I value the programs. I value every single dollar. I don’t have great options and somewhere along the line decisions have to be made,” Connolly said.

The meeting this Thursday will additionally cover a budget presentation for transportation for the fiscal year 2014, the principal budgets and/or school administration budgets and a Board of Directors self evaluation form consideration.